At Least 7 People Dead, 11 Injured After Passenger Bus Slammed into Massive Truck on Highway That Was Stopped with Flat Tire

At least seven people have died and 11 others were injured after a passenger bus collided with a truck on a highway in southern Turkey, officials said.

The crash happened on the morning of Saturday, Dec. 6, on a route between the cities of Izmir and Gaziantep, according to Turkey’s state-owned Anadolu Agency (AA). The passenger bus reportedly slammed into the rear of a truck that was stopped on the road because of a flat tire, per AA.

Multiple police units and emergency teams were sent to the site of the collision. Initial statements from the Osmaniye Governor’s Office said seven passengers on the bus were killed and 11 others were injured in the crash.

Video shared by AA from the aftermath shows crews clearing debris and wreckage from the roadway, with the front right side of the bus appearing heavily damaged.

Local outlets Turkish Minute and Daily Sabah reported that the truck driver survived the crash and was taken into police custody.

The governor of Osmaniye, Erdinç Yılmaz, expressed his condolences in a Facebook post on Saturday. He offered sympathy to the families of those who died and wished a swift recovery to the injured.